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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 35, from the sentence that starts, “I had so to speak only one leg…” through page 54, the sentence that starts “Yes, that struck me as less strange…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Molloy say he met Lousse?
(a) He asked her for directions.
(b) He killed her child with his crutches.
(c) He killed her dog with his bicycle.
(d) He asked her for food.

2. What does Molloy say it would be madness not to do?
(a) Say goodbye.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) See his mother.
(d) Walk to the next town.

3. What does Molloy say he was reduced to, by the policeman’s questions?
(a) Confabulation.
(b) Contentiousness.
(c) Panic.
(d) Tediousness.

4. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?
(a) Instructions.
(b) Money.
(c) Books.
(d) A bicycle.

5. How does Molloy say his mother knew him?
(a) By touch.
(b) By sound.
(c) By smell.
(d) By taste.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize C?

2. Who does Molloy say is responsible for him acting like a pig?

3. How does Molloy characterize human nature, in discussing C’s travels through the landscape?

4. Molloy says that he listened to Lousse for a long time—What does Molloy say was left at the end of his listening?

5. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?

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